@Happy,
I really think you are missing what I am saying. I am not disagreeing with you about recognizing that it can set people off. I am only saying that the ESRB is not the answer here. The answer is responsible parents and loved ones who don't just abandon these disturbed people. Thus my analogy at the end. As far as harming people psychologically...I really can't subscribe to this sort of belief that you can fundamentally change a person's morals and values by letting them play a video game.
I would actually be happier with a law that got rid of games ratings and required that anyone under the age of 17 not be able to purchase any video game. That type of situation forces parents to deal with their kids gaming habits and removes groups like the ESRB from putting taboo ratings on games and allows adults to make these choices for themselves. Then the market comes into play and tells these companies what is too far. Honestly though most people will find my idea here extreme..and I agree it probably is extreme, but I do find it preferable to the current situation which I think is even more extreme.
If you want to get a gaggle of mothers together and protest a game in front of a walmart that is one thing, that is consumer voices speaking out against the content. But when you have a group of 3 people who slap cookie cutter labels on a box and that information will follow the game for its life and possibly make or break it's sales...well I think that is just wrong.
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